Detailed guidance on recommended procedures for the collection of stream–sediment and panned–concentrate samples in the UK is available.

Minerals in Britain – Past Production, Future Potential

These free publications complement the UK Exploration Guide by providing commodity–based information on mineral prospects and past production in Britain. Brochures are available for the following commodities:

The report contains the detailed research carried out in Zambia, it includes a socio–economic survey, carbonate resource assessment, small–scale production trials, crop trials and a cost–benefit analysis.

This report brings together data on coal production, trade, consumption and uses, and provides information on licensing and reserves. It also summarises information on opencast coal sites granted and refused planning permissions and coal exploitation by methods other than conventional deep and shallow mining.

Undertaken on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government, this study considered the implementation of a number of the Minerals Policy Statements and Minerals Policy Guidance notes, and evaluated the impacts of the policy's implementation.

This article(by BGS minerals geologists Andrew Bloodworth and Gus Gunn) considers the future of the global minerals and metals sector. It examines some of the key technical, environmental and socio-economic factors liable to impact on minerals and metals supply and demand over the next 40 years.